Grateful Dead

For me, Muleskinner, a legal Dylan bootleg (though I enjoy many) doesn't have that magic feeling of being a "true" bootleg. Some of my favorite actual Bob bootlegs are--"Born Again Bob"...a compilation (I made) of some of his amazing Christian performances, like in Toronto, etc. "A Bird Nest In Your Hair" Extremely strong, soul-shaking London performance, 6/29/81. "Almost Went To See Elvis: Nashville bootleg with Charlie Daniels on bass. "With Johnny Cash": From which the immortal Nashville Skyline track "Girl From the North Country" is taken. The rest of the CD is bizarre! Sounds like they're stoned, drunk & tripping. "Freewheelin' Outtakes" with amazing minor-key ballad The Death of Emmitt Till. "Knight of the Hurricane" although in my purchase, CD 2 is identical to CD 1, so I missed out on half. That's what happens with bootlegs! "Live At Palaeur" (Italy) with Mick Taylor, fresh out of the Stones. 2 Fantastic CDs. Great version of When You Gonna Wake Up. "Ring Them Bells" (Oh Mercy) outtakes 1989. Love it because I love the song Ring Them Bells. Quite a few others...

I am there also. I am drowning in official releases. I cannot at this time add all of the Jerry releases everyone is discussing. That will start hopefully later this year. I am loving this problem, however. The house is constantly rocking, a good thing. Sometimes I wonder if I made it back or not...

Lazy Lightnin' Supplication Deal Just to clarify for boblopes

I read that and was intrigued if it was a specifically named jam sequence or just the euphoric peaking as the music ebbed and flowed on one of those glorious trip shows. That show is the least listen to from the box. I was so looking forward to this show just from Orboros' story... I have to dig deeper into it when I can listen to it as a whole and properly gestate it. And as we all know there must be a balance in the universe so when there's the peaks there's also the dark crevices requiring a visit to Charon to see if one can make it back. Most people do...

Some inspiration there, indeed...P.S. Went for 12/28/79 post-Space tonight for a taste of some Good Lovin'

On Saturday I wrote about the 7/5/78 division of the lysergic jam sequence. Did not get a single response. I am trying to figure out if there was no interest in the post or whether some folks do not know what the lysergic jam sequence is? Especially because, even though I am not a huge follower of D&C, I found it very interesting that they did another lysergic jam sequence and divided it on Friday night. Any help would be appreciated.

The discussion of conveying thoughts on this board is something I have discussed with several in PM's. So it is fitting that you spoke of this also. It is so difficult to convey tone and texture of nuanced conversations on a 2d medium we use around here. Your thoughts are my thoughts for sure. I need to slow down and do a better job of proofreading and all. But who has time for that??? I just believe you are an awesome dad!!!

I have to side with Wilfred on this, but to Syracuse's point.. I am not getting in the multiple listens on releases I used to. I also am very psyched for this Garcia release for a multitude of reasons, high on the list is the era, how well they were playing during this period and diversity. Speaking of second listens.. I think its San Diego '73 for my after work bike ride. Its the longest day of the year, for the most part still a strawberry moon and a glorious evening in the eastern foothills. No cars, great vistas from the ridges.. I highly recommend it. Off I go.

Are you kidding? 7/8/78. The whole second set? What about 10/29/77? 6/10/73?, um, 3/9 and 10 '81. 9/2/80? Wha?-edit- Unless, you're saying you're not impressed by what has been released so far. I feel like they have a lot left in the bank...

Dennis - That electric accordion is sweet. I've been thinking about getting an accordion...I have more or less developed a habit of trying every folk instrument in some capacity or the other. Dulcimer was the most recent..and I haven't exactly quit my day job yet, we'll say. Mbarilla - The Rolling Thunder Bootleg Series release is probably my favorite of the bunch too, and probably my favorite tour of his, period. It's a compilation from alot of the shows in the Fall '75 tour that was the first phase of the Rolling Thunder Revue, through the northeast. In terms of official releases, I think the only other one you'll find is the live album Hard Rain which is from the second leg of the RTR, spring 1976. It was a very different tour in terms of mood, musical style, arrangements and even songs played. Hard Rain has some great performances (Idiot Wind) and generally good reviews, but I generally much prefer the first leg from Fall '75. For bootlegs then, the most well-distributed is probably "The Knight of the Hurricane" from 12/8/75 at MSG. This was the last stop on the tour and was a benefit for Hurricane Carter, with several guest appearances, including Muhammad Ali. Can read more here: http://www.bobsboots.com/CDs/cd-k04.html There are several good ones, though not all great sound quality. Another of my favorite is the second show of the tour, 10/31/75 in Plymouth. Last one I'll mention just more for a historical prespective, Toronto 12/2/75 is the only one I have of the full Revue show. Over 4 hours..Bobby Neuwirth, T-Bone Burnett, Steven Soles, Rob Stoner, Mick Ronson, Neuwirth again, Ronee Blakely, Neuwirth again, Ronnie Hawkins, Joni Mitchell, Neuwirth again, Ramblin' Jack, Dylan, Baez, Dylan & Baez, Roger McGuinn, Gordon Lightfoot, Dylan and the whole band, etc. Don't think I've ever listened to it all at once, but it captures what they were going for. On that note, would highly recommend the book On The Road Again with Bob Dylan by Larry "Ratso" Sloman. He traveled with the group and is probably the most in-depth on the tour. Also, Dylan recorded the film Renaldo & Clara on that tour. Lot of bizarre plot / attempts at acting with the whole group, but lot of great live clips in there as well. It's on Youtube in pieces, and probably whole somewhere too. Also check out "The World of John Hammond" segment from September '75, before the Rolling Thunder tour. He did three songs with some of the group he recorded Desire with and would include on the RTR. First live performance of Hurricane and Oh, Sister: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8obt4YNUe0 Regarding Another Side and 1964, one of my favorite albums too. The Bootleg Series Vol 6, the one after RTR, is a live release from 10/31/64, which is about four and a half months after Another Side was recorded. I like that one, but some people can't handle his particularly nasal vocals on that one. It includes several of the new Another Side songs, as well as some from the forthcoming Bringing It All Back Home. Don't think people knew what to make of Gates of Eden and It's Alright, Ma for some of the first performances of those. He's also talking alot and cracking jokes. There aren't many other good bootlegs for live performances from 1964, though absolutely check out Chimes of Freedom live from the Newport Folk Festival that year on Youtube. Probably the best bet for that year is to acquire the legally released (but in very small number) 50th Anniversary Collection: 1964. This was something they started in 2012 for the 50 year copyright of the songs from 1962 that hadn't been released, and basically have continued all the way through 1965/2015 so far. I have them all but haven't even scratched the surface. Not all is in great quality, and others have been heavily bootlegged already, but there are new gems in there. Here's 1964: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_50th_Anniversary_Collection_1964 Let me know if you want any of the ones that are legal bootlegs, I can upload and send a link. Anyways sorry to ramble. Though that was the short answer. :/